Abu Dhabi hospital to hire over 1,400 doctors, nurses

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Abu Dhabi-based Burjeel Hospital plans major expansion over the next few years by opening a number of medical facilities and tripling its current workforce, its chief executive officer said.

Clancey Po told Emirates 24l7 in an interview that Burjeel Hospital will invest $1.5 billion (Dh5.5 billion) in its expansion drive to open 4 hospitals, 15 medical centres and 5 speciality clinics in Abu Dhabi over the next three years.

Burjeel Hospital, part of Abu Dhabi’s VPS Healthcare Group, also plans to increase its 500 workforce.

“The group has 5,000 employees and Burjeel itself has 500 staff; we plan to triple in three year by hiring over 400 doctors and 1,000 nurses,” Po said in a telephonic interview.

The group recently opened a new medical centre Burjeel Medical Centre (BMC) located at the ground floor of the Deerfields Townsquare Mall in Al Bahia, Abu Dhabi.

The new centre was established as an extension of Burjeel Hospital to expand its quality of healthcare services to the residents of Al Bahia and its neighboring areas. The centre offers many specialty services such as internal medicine, family medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, general surgery, dental, orthopaedics, cardiology, ENT and dermatology.